tarry 
tarry (tar′ē)
intransitive verb -·ried, -·ry·ing
- to delay, linger, be tardy, etc.
- to stay for a time, esp. longer than originally intended; remain temporarily
- to wait
Etymology: ME tarien, to delay, vex, hinder < OE tergan, to vex, provoke, prob. infl. by ME targen, to retard < OFr targer < VL *tardicare < L tardare, to delay < tardus, slow > tardy
transitive verb
Archaic to wait for
noun
Now Rare a sojourn; stay
tarry (tär′ē)
adjective -·rier, -·ri·est
- of or like tar
- covered or smeared with tar
Object
- stool: Swallow them whole. Watch for bloody, black, or tarry stools or blood in your vomit.
- ye: Acts 3.14 Then saith he unto y m my soul is exceeding sorrowfull even unto death tarry ye here & watch w th me.
- while: Again a garden where one wanted to tarry a while and drink in the feeling of relaxation and peace.
- night: They tarried the night for the want of communication with their superior.
- day: I will not tarry one day longer than I judge is necessary.
- rope: The taste is sweet with wood smoke and tarry rope.
Preposition: until
- thou: And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Adjective complement
- long: Paul said he was hoping to come to Timothy in Ephesus shortly, but may have to tarry long ( 1 Timothy 3:14-15 ).
Modifying Another Word
- there: But Kynan tarried there with the other part and dwelt there.
- long: But we couldn't tarry long for there was much still to see & do.
- here: There is no tarrying here; the hart Achilles Keeps thicket.
- not: He dared not tarry longer within their magic circle.
- still: After the benediction was pronounced a good woman present gently asked the presiding minister if we could still tarry there.
- awhile: Perhaps I, too, may tarry here awhile.
Preposition: in
- temple: And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he tarried so long in the temple.
- place: And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off " .
Preposition: with
- yesterday: For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.
Preposition: for
- trashing: Tarry here for a Terrifying Trashing of Tootsie Tariffs!
Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry.
He asked for water, and she brought him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice,Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
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